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New powerful gukurahundi film premiers
As traditional chiefs from Zimbabwe's Matabeleland region embark on a controversial, state-sanctioned process to investigate the Gukurahundi massacres, questions persist about whether the initiative w...Published: 24 Jun 2025 at 13:10hrs | 634 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo hospital baby swap scandal findings to be made public
The investigation into the distressing case of the baby swap at United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) is still ongoing, with the Government promising full transparency and the eventual publication of its fi...Published: 24 Feb 2025 at 08:49hrs | 428 | by Staff reporter
'Chamisa should move on'
Political observers suggest that opposition leader Nelson Chamisa should abandon hope for Southern African Development Community (Sadc) intervention in the August 2023 election dispute and instead foc...Published: 30 May 2024 at 08:47hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa breaks silence on his game plan
OPPOSITION politician Nelson Chamisa yesterday revealed that he had personally embarked on grassroots campaigns in villages to map his next political move and distanced himself from any other politica...Published: 04 Mar 2024 at 04:45hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa exit throws fresh election push in jeopardy
NELSON Chamisa's spirited diplomatic offensive to push the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) to facilitate fresh elections in Zimbabwe is effectively dead in the water after the politician...Published: 02 Feb 2024 at 17:26hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe, UK enter new trade era
THE influential Westminster Africa Business Group has expressed its interest to set up camp in Zimbabwe and open doors for British investments to come into the country.This comes as Zimbabwe h...Published: 24 Jan 2024 at 04:48hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Recalled CCC MPs in Matebeleland now shadow MPs
FORMER Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) legislators from Matebeleland say they continue playing the role of shadow Members of Parliament (MPs) in their constituencies following their recall from Pa...Published: 31 Dec 2023 at 13:02hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Flawed elections can never be a 'closed chapter'!
Let me make this abundantly clear from the onset.There is no way a flawed electoral process can simply pass by and be forgotten without its severe repercussions haunting the nation for a very ...Published: 20 Nov 2023 at 09:43hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
EU final report biased, misleading, says Zimbabwe
GOVERNMENT dismissed as biased, reactionary and misleading a premeditated final report on the 2023 harmonised elections that was released by the European Union (EU) yesterday.Although the coun...Published: 18 Nov 2023 at 09:31hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe polls a done deal?
The recently held election in Zimbabwe received a resounding endorsement from the Extraordinary SADC Summit, signifying the regional body's full satisfaction with the outcome, according to diplomatic ...Published: 02 Nov 2023 at 05:37hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says calls for fresh election a pipedream
President Mnangagwa has urged Zimbabweans not to be swayed by individuals dwelling on the past, as the elections are now a closed chapter. He dismissed opposition CCC leader Mr. Nelson Chamisa's calls...Published: 29 Sep 2023 at 06:16hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt digs in on steep nomination fees
JUSTICE, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs minister Ziyambi Ziyambi says the high nomination fees for the elections this year will not be reduced and told opposition parties to "stop wasting their time"...Published: 18 May 2023 at 05:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's rule has been disastrous
DEAR President Emmerson Mnangagwa,Your Excellency, as I see it, it is now the norm for the festive season to be without merriment.Yet, be that as it may, convention and courtesy noneth...Published: 28 Dec 2022 at 21:00hrs | 12 | by Cyprian M Ndawana
Zimbabwe embarks on rebranding journey
ZIMBABWE is embarking on a journey to repair its image, which was battered by the Western media over the years through negative publicity.The assault on its image perception by the West follow...Published: 20 Oct 2022 at 05:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Villa feel Nakamba's absence
ASTON Villa are struggling to fill the void left by the injured Marvellous Nakamba, with Brazilian Douglas Luiz on the verge as he struggles for form.The Warriors star picked a knee injury on ...Published: 15 Feb 2022 at 05:38hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Businessman breaks up marriage
THE serial bed-hopping antics of Plumtree-based businessman Bhekisisa Bhebhe, who was chucked out of his in-laws' house after his shenanigans were exposed, caused the marriage dissolution that befell ...Published: 23 Jan 2021 at 06:18hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Chief Charumbira finally confirms that 5th Brigade targeted Ndebeles only
"We have heard lies being thrown around in the media. They are saying we have been captured to white-wash the gukurahundi reburial. Well let me make it clear that is not the case. Only Chiefs from Mat...Published: 30 Nov 2020 at 10:18hrs | 1 | by Israel Dube
Ginimbi's well-kept secret . . .
When 36-year-old businessman Genius Kadungure breathed his last a few weeks ago, there were unanswered questions on who was likely to inherit his business empire and multimillion-dollar assets since h...Published: 29 Nov 2020 at 06:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Obert Mpofu argues that Gukurahundi genocide was dealt with by 1987 Unity Accord
IN VIEWS that are set to be a major talking point in the coming days and weeks, former Cabinet minister Obert Mpofu, says it is time to forgive and move on from the Gukurahundi killings of the 1...Published: 16 Oct 2020 at 20:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Chamisa should seriously consider forming another party'
A ZIMBABWEAN human rights lawyer says the Movement for Democratic Change Alliance led by Nelson Chamisa is unlikely to seek a court order to stop the Thokozani Khupe MDC-T from using the Alliance to f...Published: 22 Sep 2020 at 19:10hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Thambolenyoka was hurt to leave military life
WE continue our interview with Tennyson Mlobi Khutshwekhaya Ndlovu who during the post-independence conflict operated as a dissident and was known as Thambolenyoka. However, during the war of liberati...Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 08:34hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
When death visited the village
We were there, they were there, a very sad occurance in the village. One of our own, Agrippa Chinehasha had passed on and it was time for last rites and bidding him farewell. Who is safe, it's the ord...Published: 25 Aug 2020 at 18:11hrs | 1 | by Tondo
Opposition leader blasts Chamisa over protest
AN opposition politician has lashed out at Nelson Chamisa for the latter's spirited attempt to delegitimise President Emmerson Mnangagwa when the MDC leader in fact endorsed the State president uninte...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 09:40hrs | 1 | by newzimbabwe
Chamisa asks Ian Khama to mediate in Zimbabwe crisis
MOVEMENT for Democratic Change leader Nelson Chamisa, who is plotting a #ShutDownZimbabwe protest, has approached former Botswana leader Ian Khama and Namibian President Hage Geingob in a bid to try a...Published: 12 Aug 2019 at 14:11hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
By-elections TKO and below the belt politics
If the Matabeleland North by-elections held recently were a boxing match, the MDC-Alliance would have been dealt a technical knock-out (TKO).After jabs and uppercuts, then a flurry of combinat...Published: 10 Aug 2019 at 08:50hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi victims narrate harrowing tales
Female victims of an army clampdown in Matabeleland and Midlands provinces in the early years of Zimbabwe's independence have been recounting harrowing tales of how they were sexually abused by Fifth ...Published: 04 Aug 2019 at 14:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Mashonaland Central a no-go area for Chamisa's MDC'
War Veterans in Mashonaland Central province have threatened to crash demonstrations by MDC youth in rural areas.Responding to threats made by MDC youth leaders during commemorations to mark t...Published: 21 Jun 2019 at 07:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
CIOs target Dabengwa's Director
Suspected state agents on Thursday launched a manhunt for Director General of the Dumiso Dabengwa Foundation Mthulisi Mduduzi Ncube Hanana for crimes including undermining the authority of the P...Published: 06 Jun 2019 at 16:51hrs | 4 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chamisa demands face to face meeting with Mnangagwa
MDC leader, Nelson Chamisa has called on President Emmerson Mnangagwa, to hold a face to face meeting with, that will set the agenda for dialogue between the two political protagonists.Newzimb...Published: 20 Apr 2019 at 07:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's fear over Gukurahundi
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa and top government officials, particularly Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga and Agriculture minister Perrence Shiri, are scared stiff of personal criminal responsibilit...Published: 19 Apr 2019 at 11:15hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa lost the plot again on dialogue
President Emmerson Mnangagwa in his inimitable wisdom invited other presidential hopefuls who lost the 2018 Presidential race in a bid to map the way forward on the framework towards resolving the nat...Published: 13 Feb 2019 at 08:54hrs | 3 | by Elijah Chihota
Chamisa needs better advisers
I always say politics is not for short-term schemers and this is proving true indeed. At a time the majority of Zimbabweans are having their brains full to find ways on how the economy can be mended, ...Published: 12 Nov 2018 at 05:23hrs | 1 | by Ranson Madzamba
Mnangagwa looks to Theresa May meeting
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said he is happy with the gradual improvement of relations between Zimbabwe and Britain and several other Western countries that had sided with London when ties betwee...Published: 25 Sep 2018 at 08:48hrs | 1 | by Xinhua
Zimbabwe's per capita income rises 60%
President Mnangagwa's vision of making Zimbabwe an upper middle-income economy by 2030 is on track, if the upward trajectory in per capita income is anything to go by.On Sunday, the President ...Published: 25 Sep 2018 at 00:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanuism - Lets just make stuff up
In several remarks, Mr Mnangagwa has continued to peddle the argument that the west imposed economic sanctions on Zimbabwe because of Zanu PF's land reform program. For him to be respected by the loca...Published: 22 Jul 2018 at 15:24hrs | 1 | by Gus Manatsa (PhD)
'We don't regret land reform,' says Mnangagwa
Zimbabwe does not regret embarking on the land reform programme, which attracted debilitating economic sanctions from the West, because it is a principled nation that knows its destiny, President Mnan...Published: 22 Jul 2018 at 10:19hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe: Under Western eyes, again
Come July 30 2018, the harmonised elections shall be won and lost. There shall be celebrations and anger, laughter and crying, joy and sorrow, vindication and vilification. On that day, a destination ...Published: 14 Jul 2018 at 11:37hrs | 1 | by RADAR
Jonathan Moyo says he has never been Mnangagwa's ally
EXILED former minister Jonathan Moyo has claimed he has never been a political ally of President Emmerson Mnangagwa even during the days of the Tsholotsho Declaration, adding he holds the country'...Published: 09 Jul 2018 at 08:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Chamisa face huge problems
Both President Emmerson Mnangagwa and opposition leader Nelson Chamisa face major problems as the country's national elections beckon - with dozens of disgruntled former Cabinet ministers and MPs from...Published: 17 Jun 2018 at 10:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF here to stay, says Mohadi
THe fusion of old and new blood among Zanu-PF candidates for the harmonised elections shows the party is there for posterity, says Vice President Kembo Mohadi. Addressing hundreds of Zanu-PF supporter...Published: 08 Jun 2018 at 07:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF supporters vow to 'donate' Tsholotsho to MDC
THE chaos that characterised the Zanu-PF Tsholotsho North constituency primaries could turn out to be a bane for the party, with some supporters vowing to play a bhora musango on the "imposed" candida...Published: 04 Jun 2018 at 07:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi 'victim' remains exhumed
A family from Silozwi in Matobo last week exhumed the remains of their relative, who was reportedly killed during the Gukurahundi massacres, after several failed attempts.Police on several occ...Published: 27 May 2018 at 10:06hrs | 3 | by Staff Reporter
'I'll never rejoin Jah Prayzah'
FORMER 3RD Generation lead guitarist, Baba Harare - real name Braveman Chizvino - says he never thought of rejoining Jah Prayzah when he struggled in his early days after going solo.However, t...Published: 16 May 2018 at 15:40hrs | | by Staff reporrter
Dabengwa, Mzila-Ndlovu denied UK visas, blast British embassy in Harare
TWO Bulawayo-based opposition leaders Dumiso Dabengwa (Zapu) and Moses Mzila-Ndlovu (Alliance for National Salvation (Ansa) have blasted the British embassy in Harare for denying them visas to travel ...Published: 14 May 2018 at 06:51hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi genocide case struck off court roll
A BULAWAYO High Court judge yesterday struck off the roll a case, where civic groups were suing former President Robert Mugabe and his successor Emmerson Mnangagwa over the 1980s Gukurahundi massacres...Published: 04 May 2018 at 07:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Lady storm, hubby split
DANCING sensation, Lady Storm - real name Lyn Magodo - has parted ways with her husband of less than two years Tinarwo "Mukanya" Gotora amid revelations that she lied about the paternity of their four...Published: 17 Apr 2018 at 16:43hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
More corruption arrests for govt officials
PRESIDENTIAL spokesperson, Mr George Charamba, has said more government officials face arrest as the crackdown on corruption in Government is continuing.He also shot down claims that the Gover...Published: 12 Apr 2018 at 07:04hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Dembare threaten Epoupa with sanctions
DYNAMOS have ordered their Cameroonian import, Christian Epoupa Ntouba, to report for duty or face sanctions after the long-standing row with the player was clarified at the weekend.Epoupa, wh...Published: 10 Apr 2018 at 06:53hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo speaks on his 'return'
Former Higher and Tertiary Education minister Jonathan Moyo remains one of former president Robert Mugabe's most vocal supporters, five months after the veteran ruler was ousted following a military-l...Published: 08 Apr 2018 at 17:16hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF goes after Mutinhiri
Panicky Zanu-PF has dispatched bigwigs to former Cabinet minister Ambrose Mutinhiri's home area in a move meant to disconnect him from the electorate, following his resignation to lead the National Pa...Published: 10 Mar 2018 at 09:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
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